Lydia Davis Quotes

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Lydia Davis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 15, 1947

Topics

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The music business used to carry a certain amount of brotherly love, but it isn't that way now.

Jimmy Rushing

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Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion.

Robert Quillen

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A business like acting is 90% luck. You can be a star one minute and out of work the next.

Amber Tamblyn

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It would be a dream come true to model for Louis Vuitton, Balmain, or Celine.

Sofia Richie

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If you are heading for 60, people will flirt with you; if you are heading for 70, they won't.

Trinny Woodall

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Coaches are always important for players.

Toni Kroos

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I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.

Mickey Mantle

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That is definitely something that I feel more comfortable with now. When I did 'Lord of the Rings,' it was something I wasn't quite prepared for, I didn't know how to deal with that sort of attention, and I kind of shied away from that, but I'm better at dealing with that now - a lot better.

Miranda Otto

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I think Google's a brilliant company, filled with brilliant people who have done brilliant things.

Jason Calacanis

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I don't give away my shoes to celebrities for free. I'm only happy when people like what I do and make the effort to buy them. I would not be happy to see people in my shoes if I knew that they had to be paid to do it, that they had to be pushed.

Christian Louboutin

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It's just so cool when you meet people who are different than you are. That can give you a different perspective, a viewpoint on life, or inspire you. I mean, what would the world be like if we were all the same? I think it would be very boring.

Ciara

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Being a vegan is a first-world phenomenon, completely self-indulgent.

Anthony Bourdain

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